{"id":1496844,"date":"2022-05-30T08:44:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T12:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496844"},"modified":"2022-05-30T08:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T12:44:57","slug":"alabama-wwii-vet-turns-102-on-june-4th-family-asks-for-birthday-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-wwii-vet-turns-102-on-june-4th-family-asks-for-birthday-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama WWII Vet Turns 102 on June 4th, Family Asks for Birthday Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falabama-wwii-vet-turns-102-on-june-4th-family-asks-for-birthday-cards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496844&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>You can join in the celebration for an Alabama World War II veteran who is celebrating his 102nd birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Sherwin Callander\u00a0of\u00a0Madison\u00a0will celebrate his birthday\u00a0June 4th. His family is asking people send birthday cards in his honor,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.waaytv.com\/community\/calling-all-cards-local-wwii-veteran-turns-102-next-month-how-you-can-help-celebrate\/article_48bb2ece-dac7-11ec-a3d3-a34f2b39cb0f.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WAAY reported.<\/a>\u00a0Cards can be sent to:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Sherwin Callander<br \/>c\/o Honoring Veteran Legacies<br \/>P.O. Box 1124<br \/>Madison, AL\u00a035758<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Callander joined the\u00a0Navy\u00a0in 1939, serving aboard the USS Wright in the area of\u00a0Midway Island. The ship was on its way to\u00a0Pearl Harbor\u00a0the day the Japanese launched a sneak account against the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0forces there.<\/p>\n<p>He was later sent to\u00a0Australia\u00a0and then three invasions into\u00a0North Africa,\u00a0Italy\u00a0and\u00a0France, where he was part of operations at Utah Beach.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 2022 Advance Local Media LLC<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Distributed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tribunecontentagency.com\/\">Tribune Content Agency, LLC.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can join in the celebration for an Alabama World War II veteran who is celebrating his 102nd birthday. Sherwin Callander\u00a0of\u00a0Madison\u00a0will celebrate his birthday\u00a0June 4th. 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